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Standard short-course chemotherapy for drug-resistant tuberculosis: treatment outcomes in 6 countries.
- M. Espinal, S. J. Kim, +7 authors M. Raviglione
- Medicine
- JAMA
- 17 May 2000
CONTEXT
No large-scale study has investigated the impact of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) on the outcome of standard short-course chemotherapy under routine countrywide TB control program… Expand
Time-dependent variability in tacrolimus trough blood levels is a risk factor for late kidney transplant failure.
- R. Sapir-Pichhadze, Yao Wang, O. Famure, Y. Li, S. J. Kim
- Medicine
- Kidney international
- 1 June 2014
Wide variations in tacrolimus levels have been identified as a risk factor for inferior kidney allograft survival but past studies have not properly accounted for the dynamic nature of drug exposure… Expand
Delayed graft function and the risk for death with a functioning graft.
- S. N. Tapiawala, K. Tinckam, +4 authors S. J. Kim
- Medicine
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology…
- 2010
Delayed graft function (DGF) associates with an increased risk for graft failure, but its link with death with graft function (DWGF) is unknown. We used the US Renal Data System to assemble a cohort… Expand
Survival and hospitalization for intensive home hemodialysis compared with kidney transplantation.
- K. Tennankore, S. J. Kim, H. Baer, C. Chan
- Medicine
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology…
- 1 September 2014
Canadian patients receiving intensive home hemodialysis (IHHD; ≥16 hours per week) have survival comparable to that of deceased donor kidney transplant recipients in the United States, but a… Expand
Levofloxacin for BK virus prophylaxis following kidney transplantation: a randomized clinical trial.
IMPORTANCE
BK virus infection is a significant complication of modern immunosuppression used in kidney transplantation. Viral reactivation occurs first in the urine (BK viruria) and is associated… Expand
Outcomes of intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus cardiopulmonary bypass for lung transplantation.
- T. Machuca, S. Collaud, +12 authors M. Cypel
- Medicine
- The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular…
- 1 April 2015
OBJECTIVE
The study objective was to compare the outcomes of intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus cardiopulmonary bypass support in lung transplantation.
METHODS
We performed a… Expand
Kidney Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients: The FAVORIT Trial
- D. Weiner, M. Carpenter, +7 authors A. Bostom
- Medicine
- American journal of transplantation : official…
- 1 September 2012
In kidney transplant recipients, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death. The relationship of kidney function with CVD outcomes in transplant recipients remains uncertain. We… Expand
Association of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Ligation With Death or Neurodevelopmental Impairment Among Extremely Preterm Infants
Importance Observational studies have associated patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation among preterm infants with adverse neonatal outcomes and neurodevelopmental impairment in early childhood,… Expand
Cancer Mortality Among Recipients of Solid-Organ Transplantation in Ontario, Canada.
- S. Acuna, K. Fernandes, +4 authors N. Baxter
- Medicine
- JAMA oncology
- 1 April 2016
IMPORTANCE
Solid-organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) are at greater risk of developing some cancers than the general population; however, because they are also at increased risk of mortality from… Expand
Vascular access type, inflammatory markers, and mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-Stage Renal Disease (CHOICE) Study.
- T. Banerjee, S. J. Kim, B. Astor, T. Shafi, J. Coresh, N. Powe
- Medicine
- American journal of kidney diseases : the…
- 1 December 2014
BACKGROUND
Few reports have shown an association between access type and inflammatory marker levels in a longitudinal cohort. We investigated the role of access type on serial levels of inflammatory… Expand